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8:30 am ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Holiday Inn, 970 Dixon Rd, Toronto, Trillium Ballroom A
9:00 am Welcome by Adam Driscoll, EFC board chair
Opening devotional: “Generations and Nations Will Praise You” by David Guretzki, EFC president
Presentations by the EFC Centre for Research on Church and Faith, including introduction by Rick Hiemstra, director, and preliminary findings on Women in the Canadian Evangelical Church Research Project plus Q&A by Lindsay Callaway, researcher
10:15 am COFFEE BREAK AND NETWORKING
10:45 am Presentations
The EFC Centre for Faith and Public Life, on interactions with UN and discussion on Canadian public policy, by Julia Beazley, director
Unveiling of EFC Video Series Faith Matters, by Karen Stiller, director of communications
The EFC Centre for Ministry Partnerships and Innovation, on Reconciliation by Joel Gordon, director, and on Welcome Church and diaspora, by Jon Fuller, resident missiologist
Gift for attendees
Noon LUNCH AND NETWORKING, JOINED BY DENOMINATIONAL LEADERS
1:15 pm Keynote
“The A.I. Revolution: Understanding and Response” plus Q&A by Andy Steiger, president, Apologetics Canada
2:00 pm Table discussion starting from two questions
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- As a pastor, what are your top 1 or 2 concerns in your own ministry or congregation right now, that you think the EFC could help with?
- As a congregational affiliate, what is one thing we could do to better serve you? If you are not an EFC affiliate, why not?
2:25 pm Announcement of Ignite events by Willy Reimer, executive director, 78-7 Collective
Pastoral prayer by Terry Sanderson, lead pastor, Bayview Glen Alliance Church
2:40 pm President’s address
“The EFC @ 60: Where Might God Lead Us Now?” by David Guretzki, EFC president
3:00 pm CLOSING